Disk-record cabinet



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DISK RECORD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED APR-24. 1920.

H. D. POMEROY, H. T. AVERY AND R. M. WHEELER.

FA)! M. whee lei ATTORNEY.

I UNITED-STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

namalzn'romnnoy, HAROLD r. AVERY, AND my 1k. WHEELER, or SYRACUSE. NEW

' YORK.

To all whom it concern:

Be it known thatwe, HARRY D. POMEBOY, HAROLD T. AVERY, and RAY M.WHEELER, citizens of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in thecounty of Onondaga and State of'New York, have invented certain newanduseful Improvements in Disk Record Cabinets,-of which the following is as ecification. I

ur invention relates to disk record cabinets, and particularly tocabinets of the class employed for selectively storing phonographrecords and the like.

The object of our invention is. to provide a novel and simple recordsupporting means, which includes a novel structure for spacing andseparating the disks. A further object is to provide a pluralit ofsimilar novel ejecting mechanisms, w ereby any record of a series may bereadily and accurately selected, and then quickly expelled from thecabinet, the said mechanisms remaining in the'operated positions whilethe records are being played, thereby indicating the vacant compartmentto which the records are to be returned. And a further object is toprovide means for facilitating the selection of the records.

The various features and parts of the invention will be understood fromthe detailed description which follows, and by reference to the,accompanying drawing, in which+- Figure 1 is a broken front face view ofthe cabinet; the records being omitted. Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal section, taken on line 2-2 of Fig. '1; showing by full anddotted lines the various positions of the ejecting mechanisms. And Fig.3 is a vertical cross-section, taken on line 3 -3 of Fig. 2; showing thealternate and reverse arrangement of the ejecting levers.

In the drawing, 2 represents generally the hollow body of the cabinet,comprising the top 2, the lateral walls 2*, the bottom 2", and top andbottom front facings 2 and 2 The disk records 3 and 3' are of differentdiameters, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and these are supportedby gravity upon a rigid laminated platform 4, which'is preferablycomposed of alternating strips of wood 4 and thinner as well as broaderstrips of sheet fiber 4. The platform 4 is disposed horizontallyparallel to the bottom 2*, from which it is suitably spaced. Theplatform preferably extends from one side wall 2 to Specification ofLetters Patent. a lication filed April 24,

1920. Serial No. 376,3;8.

the other, and the top edges of the members 4. are preferably disposedon a level with the top edge of the facing 2. The members of theplatform are all pierced by common supporting rods 4", the opposite endsof which may be anchored in the lateral walls '2. The top edges of thethin strips 4 preferably extend above the tops of the strlps 4', therebyproviding shallow parallel grooves or runways 4 for the record disks,and each runway being wide enough to loosely receive a single disk.Above the platform 4, the cabinet is divided into a large number ofnarrow vertical compart ments corresponding in breadth and position tothe several runways 4 by a series of similar angular guards or spacers5, havin -the same thickness as the strips 4, an

by means of reversely disposed individual ejecting levers 7 and 8, whichare pivoted on transverse rods 7 and 8', the said rods being locatedrespectively near the top and near the bottom of the cabinet. Both ofsaid rods preferably have their opposite ends anchored in the side walls2 The levers 7 and 8 are preferably arranged alternately, as best seenin Figs. 1 and 3, and their free ends overlap each other, as shown inall of the views. The levers 7 and 8 are normally held in true verticalposition by the partitions 5, but in order to prevent their outer endsfrom shifting on the rods 7 and 8, similar spacing sleeves 7 and 8 aremounted on said rods. The outer ends of the levers 7 and 8 are broaderthan their free inner ends for increasing their strength.

Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

The levers 7 and 8 are operated, z. e. swung on their respective pivots7 and 8 for ejectpush-rods of the two series are staggered,

and are fitted with circular buttons or heads 7 and 8 which are engagedby the thumbs or fingers of the operators during the expelling of therecords. Each of said buttons bears a different numeral, whichcorresponds to the number of a certain record, and each push-button isdisposed in line with and servesto indexa record compartment of thecabinet. In order to facilitate the selections of the records stored inour cabinet,the push-buttons 7 contain onl the even numbers, as 2, 4,6&c., all of whic are disposed at the top of the cabinet, while the 7 theshort end of the corresponding ejecting lever rearwardly, which tiltsthe free end of said lever forwardly for expelling the record (seedotted lines in Fig. 2). When the push-rods and ejecting levers are intheir normally idle position, asshown by the full lines in Fig. 2, thesaid levers are all positioned vertically and bear against the support6. When the record disks are placed in the cabinet, they are rolledrearwardly over and just beyond a stop consisting of a common rod 9,which passes through the spacers 4 of the platform. The stop 9 preventsthe accidental dislodgement of the This rearward movement of therecords.

disks forces any of the levers 7 or 8 which happen to be extended, as"shown by the.

dotted lines in Fig. 2 back against the support 6, where a lof the partsremain until the keys 7 and 8 are operated as described. After theoperator has selected and expelled a record, he temporarily leaves thepush-rod in the operated position for indicating the vacant compartmentwhen the time comes for replacing) themissing record. He is aided inthis the fact that the corresponding button is still in the depressedposition,

as he left it when the/selection of the record was made.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, is

A cabinet for. filing disk records, comprising a hollow body open at oneend, a

platform disposed horizontally in the body having upwardly facinggrooves to receive and support record disks, inclined spacers forseparating the records, ejecting levers separated and (guided by saidspacers, said levers arrange in series, the levers of one seriesalternating the levers of the other series throughout the body, oneseries of levers pivoted near the top of the body, the

other series pivoted nearthe bottom of the body, the free ends of all ofsaid levers overlapping near the horizontal axis of the body, a seriesof push-rods for operating the depending levers disposed across the top'of the open end of the body, and a series of similar push-rods disposedacross the bottom of the body for operatingthe series of invertedlevers.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signa- HARRY D. POMEROY. HAROLD T.AVERY. RAY M. WHEELER.

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